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0Small electric car companies plan to ditch often-lousy car salesmen in favor of specialists at big box stores 1282323480
Consumers routinely rank their interactions with car dealerships as one of the least rewarding parts of the new car buying experience. In particular, dealing with an untrained and often-lousy car salesman makes the entire experience less than pleasing. Of course, there are a few ways to deal with ...
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Some numbers regarding electric cars, both good and better 1282071420
There are a lot of different ways to measure how electric cars will impact our lives, perhaps as many ways to measure as there will be changes to our daily transportation in the coming years. Today, we present two options, one that shows an overall comparison between powering our vehicles using ... -
16 Chinese companies team up to form "Association of the Electric Vehicle Industry" 1281891660
According to a report from China's Global Times, 16 of the countries state-owned companies will meet next week in Beijing to formally announce the creation of the "Association of the Electric Vehicle Industry." The association will work on setting unified standards for electric vehicles (EVs) and ...
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Martin Eberhard predicts 500-mile range for the electric vehicles of 2020 1281733560
Volkswagen E-Up! Concept – Click above for high-res image galleryThe guy who helped bring us the 250-mile electric vehicle (EV) thinks we will be able to go a lot further on a full pack of batteries in ten years. Yes, Martin Eberhard, one of the co-founders of Tesla Motors who is now ... -
At Witz' End - Electric vehicle progress, prospects and challenges 1281034560
2010 Plug-in Prius Prototypes – Click above for high-res image galleryGreat start, but long road ahead I just returned from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) Management Briefing Seminars in beautiful Traverse City, MI, and don't have much electric vehicle (EV) news to report from ... -
All-electric Saab 9-3 test fleet to launch in early 2011 1280580120
Saab 9-3 – Click above for high-res image galleryDuring a media launch for the 2011 Saab 9-5, company executives revealed plans to introduce a test fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) based on the upcoming 9-3. As Inside Line reports, Saab execs confirmed that the test fleet of EVs will roll ... -
DOE estimates 100-mile automotive batteries will cost just $5,000 in 2020 1279666680
With the extra attention given to President Obama's plug-in vehicle efforts today because of a letter urging the creation of a new federal task force for electric vehicles (EVs), how about we take a look at what the government thinks is happening with EVs now and in the coming years? A recent ...
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AN columnist on plug-in vehicles: "Electricity is not sexy" 1279565880
How many hurdles are there on the road to the electrification of the vehicle? Technically, a lot of the problems are on the way to being solved. Costwise, there's still a ways to go. As for public acceptance, well, this might be the tallest hurdle of them all. Without question, there is a very ...
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Mitsubishi reaffirms sub-$30K sticker price for i-MiEV in U.S. 1279133760
Mitsubishi i-MiEV – Click above for high-res image galleryWhen Nissan set the price for the Leaf electric vehicle (EV) at an unbelievably low $32,780, Mitsubishi almost immediately responded by chopping some $6,700 off of its little electric i-MiEV. Then, Mitsubishi took its aggressive ... -
Report: California will lead the nation's push towards an electric future. Surprised? 1276898220
California's skyline is obscured by lingering smogWhen it comes to cleaning up the air and raising the bar on emissions, California usually leads the nation by example. Even with stringent CARB guidelines, a hydrogen highway that's far from complete and other emissions-reducing measures in ...
